The scientists are psyched — let’s be honest, scientists just sit around measuring stuff all day; they have nothing to do but snack. And whole-food advocates are also psyched, because moving 5,000 Oreos to a remote icebound continent looks like a good start.

As for us, we’re happy that Nabisco is demonstrating this faith in Antarctica by conquering it. Antarctica is getting smaller every day, but if a giant multi-national company wants to conquer it, it means there’s still something left to conquer. And, because it’s not all about the cookies, Nabisco also donated a Penguin Cam so that kids far away can watch the popular, much-loved, and possibly soon-to-be-extinct-due-to-global-warming birds.